SPORTS PEOPLE

SPORTS PEOPLE; Victories Restored

Published: April 26, 1987

WEST GERMANY'S hockey team, which had two victories taken away in the world championships in Vienna last week, had the victories temporarily restored yesterday. The International Ice Hockey Federation took the victories away because West Germany, in its first four games, used Miloslav Sikora, a Polish-born defenseman who competed for Poland in a junior hockey tournament. International rules prohibit competing for more than one country.

West German hockey officials, who said the federation had originally cleared Sikora to play although he had played for Poland 11 years ago, took the case to a Viennese judge, who granted a temporary injunction. The federation said it would comply with the judge's order at least until tomorrow's final of the round robin had been completed and they could assess the importance of the two victories.